Chapter 50 Heaven on Earth, Ten Miles of Spring Breeze!
Chapter 50: Paradise on earth, ten miles of spring breeze!
After crossing the Huai River, he traveled day and night, and truly met Zhao Gou's requirement of "going to the palace to report things quickly". He took Huainan East Road and crossed the river from Jiangning Prefecture to the south, and arrived in Lin'an on August 15th.
At the Jiangning Mansion Wharf, Yue Fei received a handwritten edict that "we will stay in the west of Beijing to wait for the intention of thieves to restrain the situation". When he showed it to Yue Yun and Yang Jun, he looked amused and crying.
As soon as you cross the Yangtze River and a little closer to Lin'an, Yang Jun felt the difference in the scenery. The mountains are soft and the water is soft, and the rivers and canals are crisscrossing. This is already the Suzhou-Hangzhou area in later generations. Since the Jingkang Year, the Jin soldiers have not yet penetrated deeper, and the economy and people's livelihood have recovered well. The population is prosperous, the rice is fragrant, the chickens are crowing, and the dogs are barking. Where can there be a shadow of war!
Although you can see refugees from the two rivers from Jiangbei on the road, many local officials set up stations to receive them and quickly allocate land, grain and agricultural tools. Compared with these refugees who have left their homeland, the people's livelihood in Jiangnan is much better. Because a large number of "northern people" go south, there is almost no idle land in Jiangnan. If you have a few years of rest and rest, even half of the rivers and mountains can accumulate strength that cannot be underestimated!
By this time of the Song Dynasty, Hebei's large population moved south, which had already formed a great threat to the Jin Dynasty. The loss of labor force made the Jin Dynasty unable to truly realize the ideal of Wushu garrisoning in the Central Plains for many years. So when Ta Lai asked Qin Hui to go south, the policy proposed was "the southern people return to the south, and the northern people return to the north". Only when the vast Central Plains were full of population and agriculture was prosperous, occupying the Central Plains had a real meaning, otherwise it would be better to squeeze the tribute silver from the Southern Song Dynasty.
Under Lin'an City, Yang Jun saw the tall ancient city wall surrounding the "Paradise on Earth" for the first time, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Lin'an, who travels to the Song Dynasty, has received and resettled more than 2 million people from the Song Dynasty who went south. Although most of them were resettled in Jiangnan, the city has twice the population than Liu Yong's time. There are more than 200,000 households in the city, with a total population of 450,000. This is definitely the leading metropolis in the world at present. Paris is less than 200,000 now, and London has only more than 200,000 people! Even from the perspective of more than 800 years later, Lin'an is definitely a big city!
The whole Lin'an City is a bit like a horn. The tip to the south is the imperial city where Zhao Gou is located. It is more than 9 miles long from north to south, about three miles from east to west. Outside the city wall to the west is West Lake, along the Qiantang River in the southeast. There are thirteen city gates in Hecheng, with seven gates on the east city wall and four gates on the west city wall. Among them, Yongkin Gate is the most spectacular. There is only one gate in the north and south: the south is Jiahui Gate, which is slightly west to the west and is directly connected to the Lizheng Gate of the Imperial City; the north gate is Yuhang Gate. It is where Yang Jun is located. It is at the foot of the emperor, and there are endless traffic. Within ten miles outside the north gate, more than twenty "refugee resettlement sites" were set up. The people of Hebei who have arrived here after hardships received assistance from the "official", and they cried bitterly, but were immediately distributed to various places one by one by the officials to allocate land and materials.
When you enter the city, Jiuli Imperial City and the thoroughfare are all Pufangyuan Temples. The streets are bustling and crowded with people.
"This is the Song Dynasty! This is the most prosperous place in the world!" Yang Jun secretly praised in his heart. Since his time travel, he has wandered between life and death every day. All he saw is nothing more than broken limbs and broken arms, refugees and deserted cities, no ridges and thousands of households, no roosters crowing. How could he see the world of this era!
After entering the city gate, Yue Fei's personal guards carefully put away the "Yue" flag and led the horse to walk carefully on the Imperial City Avenue.
"Uncle Yang hasn't been to our house for a long time. Let's go and rest, and then accompany his father to the palace!" Although Yue Yun was depressed all the way, he became a little excited as soon as he entered Lin'an City.
Yang Jun was very yearning: "Don't talk about the imperial city, even Yue Fei's mansion, it was a cultural relic all over the ground! If I could pick up two pieces and travel back in time?"
The saliva began to flow down in yy.
Yue Fei felt as if he hadn't realized it.
The prosperity of the temporary capital of the Song Dynasty reminded him even more of the Kaifeng City that was in front of him half a month ago. Aren’t the 100,000 households there also belonged to the Song Dynasty? It was almost one step away and could celebrate the victory in the ancient capital, but because of this inexplicable imperial edict, he stopped and failed. How could he be happy!
Yang Jun had no such worries. Lin'an's prosperity had already made him dazzled. He occasionally glanced at the beautiful women of the Song Dynasty who were wearing colorful satin skirts and long hair tied with clouds, and the various beautiful foods on the streets.
People who have just lived out of the battlefield of life and death have deeper feelings about these vivid and fragrant things.
"I must live! Live well! In this capital of the Song Dynasty, a paradise on earth, enjoy this life! Boss Yue, if you are willing to listen to my advice, let's live well together. If you insist on getting on Qin Hui's knife, I will not be with you anymore!"
Half a Lin'an City, two kilometers away, passed by. The Wensi Courtyard is located in the city center. Turn right from here and pass Xingqingfang. There is a large house in front of you, with green and gray walls. A side facing the street is built with bricks and flowers. The neat white walls inside are faintly leaking out, numerous houses and deep courtyards, and a plaque hanging on the gate: "Han Mansion"!
Depend on!
Yang Jun was shocked: This must be Han Shizhong's mansion. In today's world, if you can have such a vast and magnificent mansion in Lin'an City, in such a prosperous area, there will be no one else to stay in Han Shuai!
Sure enough, when passing by the Han Mansion, the guard at the door recognized Yue Shuai and Yue Yun at a glance.
"Master Yue!"
"Young Master Yue!"
Although they are not the masters of our family, these guards still bowed intimately. They were obviously people who came out of the ranks, and their behavior showed neatness. They were respect from the heart of the invincible commander Yue Fei, and from their eyes it was respect from the heart.
After walking hundreds of steps westward, you can see Qiantang Gate when you pass by. There is a large mansion on the right, with the word "Yuefu" hanging high.
There were no strong family soldiers at the door, but an old man sat in the shade and took a nap in a silence.
"Old Zhang! The master is back!" The accompanying soldiers went up to touch him, and the old man stood up in shock: "What! Ha! Look at my old eyes, the master and the master are back!"
There was a chaotic situation in the house.
When Yang Jun sat down in the living room, he couldn't help but sigh: "As a slave, you have to follow the right master!"
This Yue Mansion is not as rich as the Han Mansion! Although the area is not small, it can only be found in just a dozen houses, with only forty or fifty people around. There is not even a decent furniture in the house, and I can’t see the imagined Song Dynasty porcelain and other cultural relics (of course, the cups served in tea are also the kind of coarse porcelain that will never be valuable in later generations, and they are not considered good-quality cultural relics). The eaves and columns are often damaged, and the paint may not have been repaired for a long time and fall off everywhere.
Not to mention the servant, even the owner of the mansion, he was dressed quite withered. Although he was not as uncovered as the refugees, he was basically plain satin and hemp, which was not as luxurious as the rich family’s five-color silk in the city!
Master Yue is Master Yue!
If civil officials do not love money and military officials are not afraid of death, then the Song Dynasty can be used as a military governor. You are the governor of the founding official and the prime minister of the three corpses, and the invincible commander. It would be fine if you say you are not afraid of death. Your family is ruined like this, so why don’t you be beaten to an alien!
Everyone in the family came out to greet the host. Yue Fei had many children, which was well-known to Yang Jun. In addition to Yue Yun, there were five brothers. From Yue Lei, Yue Lin, Yue Zhen to Yue Ting, they all came out. A group of children were yelling around their father and brother. Only Yue Lei was older, about fifteen years old, and looked quite mature and thicker than the brothers. He didn't say much. What made Yang Jun unable to close his mouth for a long time was that two children about three years old ran out and hugged Yue Yun and called "Dad"!
Depend on!
Yue Yun is only in his 20s. His child is so old. When will he plant his seeds?
The boys came to kowtow to Yang Jun with instructions, which made Yang Jun feel at a loss. To calculate, the two boys who didn't know how to kowtow were already Yang Jun's grandchildren.
Thinking about the current body that comes from Yang Zaixing, he is only in his thirties and has become a "master"!
Yang Jun smiled bitterly.
When Mrs. Yue came out to see the guests, Yang Jun bowed carefully and said, "Sister-in-law!"
Yue Yun's wife probably should be in the inner house and has never come out. However, seeing that Yue Yun has been watching the anxious look at the back house, her niece-in-law should be good.
"Brother Yang, let's take a shower and change your clothes. Let's go to the palace to meet the saint earlier! The lady will arrange some tea and meals."
Chapter completed!